The prime minister's favourite sandwich is tuna but he "occasionally" indulges in a cheese toastie - a revelation that comes after Kemi Badenoch criticised sandwiches as "not real food".

Keir Starmer branded sandwiches a 'great British institution' after Kemi Badenoch dismissed them as not 'real food' and revealing she has a steak delivered to her instead

Badenoch says the prime minister has backed criminals instead of law-abiding British people and argued that all immigration law had a racist undercurrent. She charges that Starmer has voted against more than 100 migration control measures and said it was wrong when Tories took away Shamima Begum's citizenship.

Sir Keir Starmer has hit back at Kemi Badenoch after her remarks about sandwiches, describing them as “a great British institution...

The Tory leader says lunch is for wimps and sandwiches are not "real food" whereas the Prime Minister likes a cheese toastie

Keir Starmer has said sandwiches are a "great British institution" after Kemi Badenoch claimed they are not "real food". The Prime Minister's spokesperson said he was “surprised” to learn that the Tory leader instead occasionally has a steak brought in for lunch after she spoke about her eating habits in an interview.

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Kemi Badenoch absolutely ruined Sir Keir Starmer today, but then again, he'd given her plenty of ammunition - signing his name for good measure!

Kemi Badenoch has hit out at the idea of sandwiches, saying she doesn’t consider them to be a real food as she declared lunchtime is ‘for wimps’. In an interview with The Spectator to mark her first month as leader of the opposition, the combative MP also took aim at people who celebrate Christmas too early, joking they should be fined.

I'm not a sandwich person. I don't think sandwiches are a real food, it's what you have for breakfast." Asked about her comments, No 10 said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer viewed sandwiches as a "great British institution".

Kemi Badenoch hit out at Sir Keir Starmer over the first resignation from his Cabinet during a fiery PMQs. Louise Haigh stood down as transport secretary last Friday after it emerged she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.